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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6.0pt"><b><i><span style="font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";letter-spacing:.75pt">Just bragging a little! Click on the link to see the videos…<span style="color:#005555"><o:p></o:p></span></span></i></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6.0pt"><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#005555;letter-spacing:.75pt">CMHA Ottawa housing program making a difference<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#666666">January 24, 2017
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6.0pt;background:white"><span style="font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:black">As a proponent of a “housing first” approach, CMHA Ottawa has a long history of providing support to help chronically homeless people
find a safe place to live in order to aid in their recovery of mental health issues.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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Coderre spoke to CTV News about his experience in the CMHA Ottawa Housing First program.</span></i><span style="font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6.0pt;background:white"><span style="font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:black">The branch’s housing first approach offers people with mental health conditions stable, affordable housing, without any other preconditions
imposed.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6.0pt;background:white"><span style="font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:black">Housing first is a practice that shows promising results in reducing high use of hospital care. When people have appropriate, affordable
housing, they are more likely to seek and receive other types of supports that can enhance their quality of life.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6.0pt;background:white"><span style="font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:black">An effective example of our housing first approach was featured on the Jan. 23 edition of the <a href="http://www.ctvnews.ca/health/formerly-homeless-man-finds-hope-treatment-through-housing-program-1.3254076"><b><span style="color:#BF2B2B;text-decoration:none">CTV
national news</span></b></a>.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6.0pt;background:white"><span style="font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:black">The story explained how CMHA Ottawa client Mathieu Coderre has made substantial life changes after moving into affordable community
housing and getting off the street.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="FR-CA" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#005A58;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA">Linda O’Neil<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span lang="FR-CA" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#005A58;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA">Public Education Consultant<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span lang="FR-CA" style="color:#1F497D">Conseillère en </span>
</i><span lang="FR-CA" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#005A58">é</span><i><span lang="FR-CA" style="color:#1F497D">ducation communautaire<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="FR-CA" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#005A58;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA">Capacity Building and Education Division<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="FR-CA" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#005A58">Division de l'éducation et la mobilisation communautaire</span><span lang="FR-CA" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#005A58;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span lang="FR-CA" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#005A58;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA"><br>
</span></i><span lang="FR-CA" style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#729A00;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA">Canadian Mental Health Association, Ottawa Branch
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Association canadienne pour la santé mentale, Section d'Ottawa <br>
301-1355 rue Bank Street, Ottawa, ON K1H 8K7 <br>
Tel: 613-737-7791 Ext. 135 Fax: 613-737-7644</span><span lang="FR-CA" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#729A00;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA"> Cell: 613-552-4505</span><b><span lang="FR-CA" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#005A58;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-CA">Email:
<a href="mailto:loneil@cmhaottawa.ca"><span style="color:blue">loneil@cmhaottawa.ca</span></a> Website:
</span><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size:9.0pt;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA"><a href="http://www.cmhaottawa.ca/"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:teal">ottawa.cmha.ca</span></a>
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